Music is something everyone is familiar with, but I’d like to talk about the different styles of music and their relation to films, we covered briefly with Matt Applegate why certain types of music are used in trailers or films, calming music mixed with graphic or violent scenes help to keep the viewer on edge which also helps keep their attention, an example of this is the Gear of War trailer (I know I’m not supposed to be relating to games but it’s just this bit) where it mixes the gun violence with Gary Jules – Mad World.
One of my favourite film trilogy’s of all time is easily Lord of the Rings; the story is incredible and is mixed with some brilliant acting and characters. But one of the things I love most is the music, composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Howard Shore, every piece beautifully matched to the film but also incredible to listen to on its own. Featuring everything from flutes to anvils you get such an incredible range of different sounds and when pieced together carefully they provide an epic track to match what is going on in the film, I can sit and listen to the music and imagine the scenes through in my head, that’s not because I’ve seen them a good number of times but because they just fit together so incredibly well.
In particular my favourite piece is The Bridge of Khazad-dûm as the music changes so rapidly and is really powerful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUIZvAe3RBg
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